In March, the Brazilian style of music known as bossa nova made an unexpected appearance on one of the year’s biggest hip-hop albums: Juice WRLD‘s Death Race for Love. Thank Tommy Brown. During a ...

In the late 1950s on the beaches of Rio, an eclectic group of musicians came together to create the distinctive and sensual music known as Bossa Nova. Classic tracks include 'The Girl from Ipanema', ...

Bossa nova is not just elevator music or the rhythm button on a home organ. It's poetic, political – and a high-water mark in Brazilian culture The Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso recalls a concert at ...

In 1959, an unassuming guitarist/vocalist named João Gilberto from the Brazilian state of Bahia started a quiet revolution with his recordings "Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)" and "Desafinado (Off ...

“Brazilian Voices: A Bossa Nova Yoga Experience” will take place at 11 a.m., Sunday, May 17, in the Abdo New River Room at ...

Sitti Navarro is set to revisit the music that made Filipinos fall in love with bossa nova as she marks the 20th anniversary ...

Few Americans approached bossa nova with the commitment and understanding of Charlie Byrd. His classically influenced, unamplified style was perfectly suited to the Brazilian music that quickly became ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but throughout his career defied confinement to any single genre, died Monday. He was 88. His ...

Bossa nova, like the Great American Songbook, defined an era while simultaneously providing a style and repertoire for future development. Although many compositions by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao ...

The summer of 1958 was the season of bossa nova. Fifty years ago, a movement of melody, harmony, lyrics, and rhythm sent a fresh wave of sound throughout Brazil. In the years to follow, a small group ...